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Jaskółka oknówka “Rolnik” Burns is famous today as the trainer of legendary wrestler Frank Gotch. “Rolnik” Burns był wielki zapaśnik we własnym prawo. Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the legitimate pro wrestling era despite being only 165 funtów. W 1891, Burns jako mistrz wagi ciężkiej Iowa wziął na JC. Comstock, Heavyweight Champion Michigan. J.C. Comstock was

On January 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, kilku amerykańskich zapaśników nawet wcześniej twierdziło, że jest Nogertem

In November 1923, St. Reporter Louis Star-Times, Billy Murphy, przeprowadził wywiad z St. Promotor zapasów Louis, John Contos. Murphy zaproponował Contosowi, że era dominujących zapaśników, takich jak William Muldoon, dobiegła końca. Murphy mówił o ostatnim meczu pomiędzy “Mistrz Świata” Hardneck Phillips i pretendent do tytułu Webster O’Malley. Phillips skutecznie obronił swoje mistrzostwo, rzucając po nim O'Malleya 1 hour, 50

I “Dusiciel” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”

Stanisław Zbyszko odbył tournée po Stanach Zjednoczonych 1910 w ramach przygotowań do meczu o tytuł z mistrzem świata w wadze ciężkiej w zapasach Frankiem Gotchem pod koniec roku. Wycieczka zaprowadziła go do St. Ludwik w maju 29, 1910. Zbyszko miał spotkać się z cenionym grapplerem wagi półciężkiej Charleyem Olsonem. Olson był utalentowanym zapaśnikiem, który trenował ze św. Zapaśnik Louis, George

W kwietniu 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 lat. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch

We wtorek, Marzec 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 i 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.

Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, który był 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Niestety, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona